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Sale of Breg - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |
Indemnification Expense | $ 0.8us-gaap_OtherAdjustmentsToIncomeDiscontinuedOperations |
Orthofix Inc [Member] | Breg [Member] |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of liability | 2ofix_GuaranteeObligationsFairValue / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = ofix_BregHoldingsLlcMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember |
Period of indemnification (in years) | 3 years |
Obligations under guarantee | $ 0.8ofix_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsGuaranteeAtFairValue / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = ofix_BregHoldingsLlcMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember | $ 0.9ofix_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsGuaranteeAtFairValue / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = ofix_BregHoldingsLlcMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember

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