A mastoidectomy is performed to remove diseased mastoid air cells. These cells sit in a hollow space in the skull, behind the ear. The diseased cells are often the result of an ear infection that has spread into the skull.Sometimes the infection spreads onto the temporal bone.If this occurs, parts of the bone may need to be removed. This results in hearing loss. There are several types of mastoidectomy. These include: 1  simple mastoidectomy: the surgeon opens the mastoid bone, removes the infected air cells, and drains the middle ear.f this occurs, parts of the bone may need to be removed. This results in hearing loss. There are several types of mastoidectomy. These include: 1  simple mastoidectomy: the surgeon opens the mastoid bone, removes the infected air cells, and drains the middle ear.
Gerald Ford was the 38th president of the United States. He was not elected to office. President Richard M. Nixon appointed him vice president in 1973. Ford became president in 1974 after Nixon resigned over the scandal known as Watergate.
Gerald Ford as a student at Madison Elementary School, ca. 1923. Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska.His parents separated two weeks after his birth and his mother took him to Grand Rapids, Michigan to live with her parents.resident Ford died on December 26, 2006, at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. After ceremonies in California, Washington, and Grand Rapids, he was interred on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids.