The invention concerns biodegradable textile materials designed mainly for medical uses. They contain a plurality of fibres prepared from the melt of lactide-glycolide copolymer or from the melt of a homgeneous blend of the lactide-glycolide copolymer with atactic poly(hydroxybutyrate). The textile materials take the form of nonwoven, knitwear or braided band for surgery sutures. The invention encompasses also melt methods of preparing biodegradable textile materials.
