Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 15, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 03, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 17, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Jul. 01, 2016	Jun. 26, 2016 Distributors	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Four milestones payments					$ 272,136	$ 7,102
Goodwill					$ 2,235,592	1,276,720				$ 1,295,852
Noncontrolling interest percent					100.00%
Vascular Solutions, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Share price (usd per share) | $ / shares							$ 56.00
Fair value of the consideration at the date of acquisition							$ 975,524
Integration related acquisition costs					$ 8,300	3,000
Post acquisition revenue					152,600
Post acquisition operating loss					3,500
Goodwill							524,872
Intangible assets							539,250
Increase (decrease) in revenues					(2,400)
Vascular Solutions, Inc. | Intellectual property
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets							248,200
Vascular Solutions, Inc. | Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets							$ 258,800
NeoTract, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of the consideration at the date of acquisition	$ 975,150
Post acquisition revenue					39,000
Post acquisition operating loss					13,300
Business combination, consideration transferred	975,200
Initial payment	725,600
Favorable working capital adjustment	1,400
Four milestones payments	251,000
Aggregate contingent consideration amount	375,000
Acquisition related expenses					10,100
Goodwill	341,171
Intangible assets	763,314
NeoTract, Inc | Intellectual property
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets	492,118
NeoTract, Inc | Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets	109,559
Tianjin Medis Medical Device Co.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred		$ 21,300
Goodwill		14,700
Tianjin Medis Medical Device Co. | Intellectual Property, Customer Lists And A Non-Compete Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred		6,900
Pyng Medical Corp
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of the consideration at the date of acquisition			$ 17,900
Pyng Medical Corp | Intellectual property
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred			13,000
Pyng Medical Corp | Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred			$ 5,500
Airway Medix
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred	11,600
Initial payment	6,300
Four milestones payments	5,300
Airway Medix | Intellectual property
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets	$ 11,500
Teleflex Medical Private Limited
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest percent								74.00%
Percentage of voting interest acquired								26.00%
Increase in noncontrolling interest from acquisition				$ 7,500
Number of medical device and supplies distributors | Distributors									2
2016 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred						$ 22,800
Estimated Fair Value Of Contingent Consideration One | Tianjin Medis Medical Device Co.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred, liabilities incurred		16,000
Estimated Fair Value Of Contingent Consideration Two | Tianjin Medis Medical Device Co.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred, liabilities incurred		$ 5,300
EMEA | Vascular Solutions, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Sales conversions, consideration transferred					$ 29,300