Pancreas transplantation in C-peptide positive patients: does "type" of diabetes really matter?

Background: In the past, type 2 (C-peptide positive) diabetes mellitus (DM) was a contraindication for simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT).

Study Design: We retrospectively analyzed outcomes in SPKT recipients according to pretransplantation C-peptide levels ≥ 2.0 ng/mL or < 2.