Dr. Bibi Sadaqat Binti Rahim

Information

Dr Bibi Sadaqat Binti Rahim is a highly specialised Visiting Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist at Kuching Specialist Hospital and KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital. With advanced sub-speciality training completed in both Malaysia and Turkiye, she brings a global perspective and world-class technical expertise to the management of complex neurological and vascular conditions.

Dr Bibi specialises in minimally invasive, image-guided procedures, offering patients advanced alternatives to traditional open surgery. Her arrival significantly strengthens our hospital’s capability to provide life-saving interventions for stroke and vascular malformations.

Clinical Expertise & Specialised Services

Dr Bibi’s practice focuses on high-precision neurointerventional and vascular care, including:

Stroke Intervention
• Acute mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke
• Intracranial angioplasty and stenting for intracranial atherosclerotic disease

Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms
• Coil embolisation
• Stent-assisted coiling
• Flow diversion and other advanced endovascular techniques

Endovascular Management of Vascular Malformations
• Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
• Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs)
• Vascular lesions involving the brain, head, neck, and spine
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Tumour Embolisation and Transarterial Therapies
• Embolisation of brain, head and neck, spinal, and liver tumours
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Other image-guided transarterial oncological interventions

Sclerotherapy of Vascular Anomalies
• Lymphatic malformations
• Venous and venolymphatic malformations
• Lesions involving the head, neck, trunk, and extremities

Percutaneous Tumour Ablation•
Image-guided thermal ablation of benign and malignant tumours using radiofrequency or microwave techniques

Biliary, Urological and Gynaecological Interventions 
• Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD)
• Biliary stenting
• Percutaneous nephrostomy
• Ureteric stenting
• Uterine artery embolisation (UAE) for fibroids

Peripheral Vascular Interventions 
• Angioplasty and stenting of arterial and venous diseases
• Catheter-directed thrombolysis
• Mechanical thrombectomy for peripheral vascular occlusions

Pulmonary Embolism Intervention
• Catheter-directed pulmonary artery thrombolysis
• Mechanical pulmonary thrombectomy

Emergency Embolization
Endovascular control of acute haemorrhage including:
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Bronchial artery embolisation
• Trauma-related bleeding
• Postpartum and postoperative haemorrhage
• Other visceral haemorrhages

Dialysis and Vascular Access Procedures
• Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) insertion
• Implantable venous access ports (Chemoport)
• Tunnelled and non-tunnelled dialysis catheter insertion and removal
• Central venous access procedures

Haemodialysis Access Interventions
• Fistuloplasty
• Central venoplasty
• Endovascular management of dysfunctional arteriovenous fistulas and grafts

Image-Guided Biopsy Procedures
• Percutaneous core needle biopsy
• Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC)
• Image-guided biopsies of various organs and soft tissue lesions

Diagnostic Radiology
• Reporting of general radiographs
• Ultrasound
• Computed Tomography (CT)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Mammography
• Fluoroscopy