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I am probably not understanding the architecture but if the ligament holding the bladder up is not cut doesn't that mean the urethra has to be stretched up to reattach once the prostate is removed?

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Certainly after cutting the urethra it is always needs to pulled up to reattach to the bladder, but I think here in anatomy with the bladder still firmly in place the urethra goes right back to where it was when initially cut and doesn’t get pulled up any extra if even just a little, versus in just my layman’s knowledge the bladder is never really firmly back exactly where it was, once that ligament gets cut. I could be wrong about how that all actually works. My bottom line was that however it all got explained to me it sounded good. I don’t really know if people truly lose penile length or it is just a perception. I have read all the anecdotal comments that people have commented about losing length. I was just glad to hear in my case that was certainly not anticipated.