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Since the establishment of the International Society of Neuropelveology, this discipline is experiencing an ever-growing interest. In this manuscript, the author gives an overview of the different aspects of neuropelveology from the management of pelvic neuropathic pain to pelvic nerves stimulation for the control of pelvic organ dysfunctions and loss of functions in people with spinal cord injuries. The latter therapeutic option opens up new treatments but also widens preventive horizons not only in the field of curative medicine (osteoporosis and cardio-vascular diseases) but also in preventive medicine and anti-ageing, all the way to future applications in the \u201cMars mission\u201d project.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm9103285","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,17]],"date-time":"2020-10-17T05:45:51Z","timestamp":1602913551000},"page":"3285","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Neuropelveology: An Emerging Discipline for the Management of Pelvic Neuropathies and Bladder Dysfunctions through to Spinal Cord Injury, Anti-Ageing and the Mars Mission"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Marc","family":"Possover","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Possover International Medical Center, 8008 Zuerich, Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Cologne, 50923 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"87","article-title":"Laparoscopic exposure and electrostimulation of the somatic and autonomous pelvic nerves: A new method for implantation of neuroprothesis in paralysed patients?","volume":"1","author":"Possover","year":"2004","journal-title":"J. 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