IL6 and bone fracture: Currently, anterior decompression has been widely applied to treat cervical myelopathy involving lower than two segments, but its application in treating spinal fracture remains controversial.7 Many types of inflammatory cytokines can be detected in the synovial fluid of spinal osteoporotic fracture patients who suffer from immune regulation disorders and functional changes of many types of immune cells.8 As a pro-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin (IL)-6 has been extensively studied in the subject matter of spinal osteoporotic fracture.