A stent recovery apparatus that recovers a stent which is left inside a body cavity and which comprises a hollow drum portion which is formed by a single wire or a stranded wire which has a free end, and which is disassembled by the wire or the stranded wire being unwound by being pulled, the stent recovery apparatus including: a narrow elongated traction tool that catches the free end of the wire or stranded wire of the stent； a through portion through which the traction tool and the wire or the stranded wire can be retrievably inserted, and whose distal end can be placed against the drum portion； and a retrieval tool that retrieves the wire or the stranded wire which has been inserted through the through portion together with the traction tool.
