The invention provides a surgical implant (10) in the form of a textile fabric having at least two, in particular two, mutually opposite main surfaces (110,120), more particularly for management of hernias, comprising threads (130) having an elongate body and having a multiplicity of anchoring structures (134) for anchoring in biological, more particularly human and/or animal, tissues, the anchoring structures projecting from the body, and also a method of forming the implant.
