In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a surgical method may include making a first incision in a patient. The surgical method may also include receiving a gas from a source and humidifying and warming the gas received from the source. The surgical method may further include delivering the humidified and warmed gas into the first incision. The surgical method may further include separating one or more blood vessel branches from a blood vessel using at least one surgical instrument inserted through a second incision in the patient. The surgical method may further include removing a blood vessel segment from the patient through a third incision in the patient, wherein the blood vessel segment was in contact with the humidified and warmed gas delivered into the first incision prior to the removal.
