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Schedule 1 - Condensed Financial Information of Registrant Orthofix International NV - Additional information (Detail) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements Captions [Line Items]    
Restricted net assets of subsidiary of the reporting entity $ 181,800,000us-gaap_AmountOfRestrictedNetAssetsForConsolidatedAndUnconsolidatedSubsidiaries $ 168,500,000us-gaap_AmountOfRestrictedNetAssetsForConsolidatedAndUnconsolidatedSubsidiaries
Cash dividends received from consolidated subsidiaries 0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompanyByConsolidatedSubsidiaries 0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompanyByConsolidatedSubsidiaries
Orthofix Inc [Member]    
Condensed Financial Statements Captions [Line Items]    
Percent of restricted net assets of a Subsidiary to consolidated net assets of the company where condensed parent company financial statement are required 25.00%ofix_ConsolidationOfSubsidiariesPercentageOfRestrictedNetAssetsOfSubsidiaryAsPercentageOfConsolidatedNetAssetsOfParentMinimumForFilingScheduleOne
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Restricted net assets of subsidiary of the reporting entity $ 181,800,000us-gaap_AmountOfRestrictedNetAssetsForConsolidatedAndUnconsolidatedSubsidiaries
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember		 $ 168,500,000us-gaap_AmountOfRestrictedNetAssetsForConsolidatedAndUnconsolidatedSubsidiaries
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember