The following are the most important diseases or complications that can be caused by rhizarthrosis (thumb saddle joint osteoarthritis):
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).
- Arthritis (inflammation of the joints)
- Movement restriction
- Loss of function of the hand
- Joint malpositions
- Contractures – permanent shortening of the muscles with resulting joint constraint.
- Synovialitis chondrodetritica (inflammation of the inner layer of the joint capsule/synovial inflammation of osteoarthritis).
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Insomnia (sleep disorders)
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Chronic pain
