Disclosed is a biocompatible medical material and porous scaffold for use in tissue engineering, made from a biodegradable glycolide/-caprolactone copolymer having a repeat unit of ##STR1##

wherein x and y are integers greater than or equal to 18, the copolymer has an average molecular weight of about 10,000 daltons or more, and the molar ratio of glycolide: -caprolactone in the copolymer is about 4.0:6.0 to 6.0:4.0.