The original article titled “Comparative study of mid-thoracic spinal versus epidural anesthesia for open nephrectomy in patients with obstructive/restrictive lung disease: a randomized controlled study” published in Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, on pages 52-59, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2019,[1] is being retracted as the article was found to have fabricated data after due investigation. 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and as codified in the signed statements made by the authors regarding the copyright of their work.This article has been retracted on request of the Editor of the journal.Editor:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia