SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Net Sales And Operating Income By Reportable Segment

Net sales and profit by reportable segment for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Segment Net Sales
Specialty Surgical Solutions	$	586,918		$	554,872		$	463,296
Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies	295,816			241,845			233,536
Total revenues	$	882,734		$	796,717		$	696,832
Segment Profit
Specialty Surgical Solutions	$	242,479		$	210,146		$	145,108
Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies	87,844			85,257			72,264
Segment profit	330,323			295,403			217,372
Amortization	(9,953)			(6,810)			(7,099)
Corporate and other	(240,783		)	(220,736		)	(174,900		)
Operating income (loss)	$	79,587		$	67,857		$	35,373

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Total revenue, net and long-lived assets (tangible) by major geographic area are summarized below:

	United States*		Europe		Rest of the World		Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Total revenue, net:
2015	$	680,824	$	103,057	$	98,853	$	882,734
2014	596,303		99,207		101,207		796,717
2013	521,244		85,448		90,140		696,832
Total long-lived assets:
2015	$	192,900	$	19,169	$	1,078	$	213,147
2014	197,897		21,218		1,239		220,354

* Includes long-lived assets in Puerto Rico.