Objective To compare the effect on preserving rat amputated extremities during the cold preservation between the UW solution and HTK solution.Methods Thirty healthy adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups (10 rats in each group) for producing the models of amputated limbs of rats.The three groups were separately irrigated the amputated limbs with UW solution,HTK solution and saline from femoral artery.After irrigation,the extremities were preserved in the refrigerator at 4 ℃.Samples of skeleton muscle tissue were taken for pathological and biochemical examination every 6 hours since the amputation.Results After perfusion,HE:changes of organizational structures of skeletal muscle were lighter in experimental groups than in control group (saline-perfusion group) at the same time.While samples in UW solution-perfusion group has lighter changes of organizational structure than those in HTK solution-perfusion group.TEM:at 12 h,all the three groups have shown the mitochondria edema.At 24 h,the myofibril in saline-perfusion group become fragments.Biochemical examination:at 24 h,indexes in salineperfusion group,HTK solution group and UW solution group were:ALP (U/L) 3.62 ± 1.32,3.37 ± 0.84 and 2.68 ± 1.59,respectively;ALT(U/L) 542.25 ± 129.36,521.82 ± 97.32 and 462.53 ± 74.18,respectively;AST (U/L) 2200.12 ± 687.61,2002.20 ± 632.27 and 1742.87 ± 396.09,respectively;CK(U/L) 313190.83 ± 42041.32,283173.50 ± 31488.87 and 271319.67 ± 41147.52,respectively;LDH (U/L) 32409.50 ± 4253.20,30382.50 ± 2337.18 and 30047.83 ± 4628.78,respectively;GLU(mmol/L) 0.242 ± 0.041、0.240 ± 0.044 and 0.252 ± 0.049,respectively;LAC (mmol/L) 1.790 ± 0.160,1.792 ± 0.196 and 1.993 ± 0.366,respectively;SOD(U/mL) 80.82 ± 9.46,91.62 ± 14.97 and 73.71 ± 10.60,respcctively.There were statistical difference among the UW solution-perfusion group and centrol group in ALP and GLU (P ＜ 0.05).UW solution-perfusion group has better results than HTK solution-perfusion group in SOD (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Amputated limbs irrigated with organ preservation solution as a way to protect skeletal muscle had great effects on lightening tissue damage and keeping tissue active.Between the two usual organ preservation solution,UW solution had a stronger protective effects on the amputated limbs than HTK solution.