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Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities - Summary of Redemption Prices Plus Accrued and Unpaid Interest (Detail) - 12.500% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member]	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017
2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price, percentage	106.25%
2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price, percentage	103.125%
2021 and Thereafter [Member]
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price, percentage	100.00%

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 470
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph e
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=75038535&loc=d3e64711-112823

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