Characteristics of Patients with Malignant Laryngeal Tumors in Annually Forest Fire Region in Indonesia

Abstract

Banjarmasin is one of the regions that annually face the forest fire. The fire led to the low quality of the air. The low quality of the air is one of the risk factors of the malignant laryngeal tumor. The characteristics of patient with malignant laryngeal tumor in Banjarmasin is remain unknown. This study aims to obtain data on the characteristics of patients with malignant laryngeal tumors in the Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery clinic, Ulin Hospital Banjarmasin from January 2018 to February 2020. This study was performed by a retrospective descriptive design. The result of this study found a total of 26 patients, 25 patients were men and 1 patient were woman. The majority of the subject were found on age range 61-70 years (30.77%). All patient came to the hospital due to dyspnea. The type of histopathology and the stage of the cases were similar to the previous publication in non-forest fire area.