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Extended Period Of Agreements

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Foreign Currency Exchange Gain Loss

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The number of reporting units of the entity, which is consistent with the entity's reporting segments.

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Period Of Agreements

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Expenditures for planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services. Costs of public relations and corporate promotions are typically considered to be marketing costs.

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Amount of other research and development expense.

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Amount before accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures.

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The cumulative amount of depreciation (related to long-lived, depreciable flight assets owned by the entity and used in the entity's principle business operations and capitalized assets classified as property, plant and equipment that are owned by the entity) that has been recognized in the income statement.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 Unit	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2009
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Property plant and equipment, accumulated depreciation	35,400,000								35,400,000	35,400,000
Number of reporting units										4ofix_NumberOfReportingUnits
Impairment of goodwill									19,193,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	19,193,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Estimated related fee										800,000	600,000
Advertising expense										200,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	300,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	500,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Net sales	105,886,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	91,806,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	97,640,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	102,279,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	115,607,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	105,818,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	111,601,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	107,163,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet		397,611,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	440,189,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	435,519,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation ("MTF") [Member]
Foreign Currency Translation [Line Items]
Expenditures for other research and development										2,500,000	3,000,000	0
Customers and Distributors Based in Europe [Member]
Foreign Currency Translation [Line Items]
Net sales										52,000,000
Collaborative Arrangement [Member] \| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation ("MTF") [Member]
Foreign Currency Translation [Line Items]
Period of agreement with MTF													10 years
Extended Period of existing agreement with MTF										15 years
Marketing fee										48,100,000	46,500,000	36,800,000
Spine Fixation and our Extremity Fixation reportable units [Member]
Foreign Currency Translation [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill		$ 19,200,000								$ 19,200,000
Developed Technology [Member]
Foreign Currency Translation [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period ( in years)										11 years