Abstract:Five eyes of acute retinal necrosis(ARN)with multiple retinal breaks and retinal detachment were treated by closed vetrectomy combined with encircling buckle,gas/fluid exchange,nolaser and cryotherapy.After operation,the detached retinas reattached in 4eyes,and among them th visual acuity was 0.2 in 1 eye,and better than 0.05 in 3 eyes.The follow-up duration in 5 eyes was from 6 to18 months and recurrent retinal detachment was found in one eys. （Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis,1996,12: 20-21)