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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands							1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 07, 2019 shares	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Oct. 31, 2018	Dec. 30, 2016 shares	Sep. 21, 2015 USD ($) shares	Sep. 21, 2015 EUR (€) shares	Jan. 31, 2017 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 EUR (€)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration payable								$ 948		$ 10,637
Medical Surgery Technologies Ltd.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration		$ 5,800
Additional consideration payable in cash, stock or cash and stock										10,600
Stock consideration		$ 8,300
Unrestricted securities consideration								75.00%	75.00%
Medical Surgery Technologies Ltd. \| Ending on Twelve Month Anniversary \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of securities consideration			25.00%
Medical Surgery Technologies Ltd. \| Ending on Eighteen Month Anniversary \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of securities consideration		25.00%
Medical Surgery Technologies Ltd. \| First Tranche
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration		$ 5,800
Common shares issued (in shares) \| shares		3,150,000
Medical Surgery Technologies Ltd. \| Second Tranche
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common shares issued (in shares) \| shares	4,815,504
Additional consideration payable in cash, stock or cash and stock		$ 6,600
Stock consideration		$ 6,600
Senhance Surgical Robotic System Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common shares issued (in shares) \| shares					15,543,413	15,543,413
Additional consideration payable in cash, stock or cash and stock								$ 900		$ 10,600
Senhance Surgical Robotic System Acquisition \| U.S. Dollars
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration					$ 25,000
Senhance Surgical Robotic System Acquisition \| Euro
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration \| €						€ 27,500,000
Senhance Surgical Robotic System Acquisition \| Second Tranche
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration \| €									€ 15,100,000
Common shares issued (in shares) \| shares				3,722,685
Aggregate fair market value \| €							€ 5,000,000.0
Senhance Surgical Robotic System Acquisition \| Second Tranche \| U.S. Dollars
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration payable								$ 25,000
Senhance Surgical Robotic System Acquisition \| Second Tranche \| Euro
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration payable \| €											€ 22,500,000
Senhance Surgical Robotic System Acquisition \| Third Tranche
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration payable \| €											15,000,000.0
Senhance Surgical Robotic System Acquisition \| Third Tranche \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Target revenue to be achieved \| €											€ 25,000,000.0