The orthopedic soft tissue repair and sports medicine segments were negatively affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and appreciation of the Japanese yen, though there was a spike in growth in 2011 due to the introduction of a three-injection cycle hyaluronic acid viscosupplementation product in late 2010.
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