SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Product sales by operating segment and product area

Product sales by product area for the periods shown were as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31, 2013						Year Ended December 31, 2012						Year Ended December 31, 2011
	Americas		International		Total Product Sales		Americas		International		Total Product Sales		Americas		International		Total Product Sales
Sports Medicine	$	158,063	$	85,963	$	244,026	$	155,164	$	80,631	$	235,795	$	149,010	$	79,337	$	228,347
ENT	81,436		24,406		105,842		82,880		22,835		105,715		81,810		18,429		100,239
Other	1,497		7,199		8,696		1,831		7,330		9,161		2,785		6,948		9,733
Total Product Sales	$	240,996	$	117,568	$	358,564	$	239,875	$	110,796	$	350,671	$	233,605	$	104,714	$	338,319

Product sales and long-lived assets by geography

Product sales by geography for the periods shown were as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
United States	$	231,880	$	228,883	$	221,988
Non-United States(1)	126,684		121,788		116,331
Total product sales	$	358,564	$	350,671	$	338,319

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(1) No additional locations are individually significant.

Long-lived assets by geography at the balance sheet dates shown were as follows (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2013		2012
United States	$	172,360	$	109,950
Non-United States	63,560		44,434
Total long-lived assets	$	235,920	$	154,384