cluder (Amplatzer septal occluder [ASO]; AGA Corporation, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA), which is commonly adopted to close cardiac septal defects [1], but was used in the present case to treat an 83-year-old patient with a benign tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). The TEF, which was caused by the accidental ingestion of dental amalgam, was previously treated unsuccessfully by the placement of a plas...