A method of surgically treating occlusive disease in an intraluminal tissue using both a retractor (6) and a retractable one-piece stent. The stent is constructed and arranged such that it can exist in at least a stable initial collapsed state (12) and a stable deployed expanded state (10). In conjunction with the retractor, the stent is positioned at an appropriate location within an occluded intraluminal tissue and converted from a stable initial collapsed state to a stable deployed expanded state, and is then converted to a collapsed state and removed before significant restenosis occurs.
