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@peterj116 -- I thought that as well until I ran across the Mayo video below. I believe the bladder is dropped down to make up for the prostate removal. The penis isn't pulled in. But the nature of the penis soft tissue is such that without the normal nighttime erections, the soft tissue of the penis tends to stiffen/scar and it simply can't stretch as far later. Here's a link to one of the Mayo urologists who was (I think) part of the study that figured this out. He explains starting at 15:00:
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"Following radical prostatectomy, a significant number of patients notice a progressive shortening of the penis, a fact confirmed in recent studies. To better understand why, Italian researchers measured the length of the flaccid and stretched penis in 126 patients at five time points: just before surgery, when the catheter was removed 7 to 10 days later, and at 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively."
What? Get off me with that measuring tape, ya perv.
"The researchers theorize that the death of nerve cells and reduced blood flow (and thus a loss of oxygen) to the penis during surgery and recovery may contribute to shortening."
Who cares? At least we're on the right side of the dirt, as someone here said a couple of days ago.