The original article titled “A randomized comparative study assessing efficacy of pain versus comfort scores” published in Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, on pages 396-401, Volume 11, Issue 4, 2017,[1] is being retracted as it came to the attention of the editorial board that it was plagiarized. Examining the article revealed paraphrasing and patch types of plagiarism (technical plagiarism) with another published article in ‘British Journal of Anesthesia, on pages 780-787, Volume 110, Issue 5, in 2013.[2] Plagiarism, fabrication, unethical or redundant publication violates the editorial policy of Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, which follows best practice guidelines given by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) mentioned on the Information for Authors and as codified in the signed statements made by the authors regarding the copyright of their work.This article has been retracted on request of the Editor of the journal.Editor:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia