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Each rater classified mucosal integrity as completely preserved, partially preserved, or not preserved. Interrater agreement was quantified with pairwise Cohen\u2019s \u03ba and multi\u2011rater Fleiss \u03ba. Predictive value for 6\u2011week continence was evaluated using logistic regression and receiver\u2011operating\u2011characteristic (ROC) analysis of consensus ratings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Pairwise Cohen\u2019s \u03ba ranged from 0.07 to 0.44; overall Fleiss \u03ba was 0.18, indicating poor concordance. Agreement was highest between surgeons trained at the same institution (\u03ba 0.44). The partially preserved class accounted for most disagreements. Majority\u2011vote preservation grade predicted continence poorly (ROC\u2011AUC 0.60). Observed patterns suggested that worse mucosal preservation tended to coincide with higher incontinence rates, but these trends were exploratory and not suitable for inferential interpretation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Expert visual assessment of apical mucosal preservation lacks sufficient reliability to serve as ground truth for supervised computer\u2011vision training. Given the non-convergent regression model and exploratory nature of observed associations, mucosal-preservation ratings should not be used as inferential predictors. 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