SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

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):

	Three months ended March 31, 2014						Three months ended March 31, 2013
	Americas		International		Total Product Sales		Americas		International		Total Product Sales
Sports Medicine	$	40,179	$	23,618	$	63,797	$	38,862	$	20,754	$	59,616
ENT	18,785		5,558		24,343		19,748		5,868		25,616
Other	315		1,523		1,838		503		1,743		2,246
Total product sales	$	59,279	$	30,699	$	89,978	$	59,113	$	28,365	$	87,478

Product sales and long-lived assets, net by geography

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

	Three months ended March 31,
	2014		2013
United States	$	56,773	$	56,908
Non-United States (1)	33,205		30,570
Total product sales	$	89,978	$	87,478

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(1) No additional locations are individually significant.

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

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
United States	$	171,716	$	172,360
Non-United States (1)	62,454		63,560
Total long-lived assets	$	234,170	$	235,920

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(1) No additional locations are individually significant.