An article comprising a web, the web including a plurality of continuous fibers comprising: one or more semicrystalline, thermoplastic aliphatic polyesters; and polypropylene in an amount greater than 0% and no more than 6% by weight of the web, wherein the polypropylene is present in the form of aggregates which are evenly distributed throughout the core of the fiber; wherein the fibers exhibit molecular orientation and extend substantially endlessly through the web, and further wherein the web has at least one dimension in the plane of the web which decreases by no greater than 10% when the web is heated to a temperature above a glass transition temperature of the fibers; wherein the article is selected from the group consisting of a a wound contact material, a surgical drape, a surgical equipment isolation drape, a surgical gown, a medical gown, a sterilization wrap, a wound dressing article, a medical drape, a diaper, training pants, an adult incontinence product, a feminine hygiene product, a surgical apron, a medical apron, a surgical dressing, a dental hygiene article, and a medical device, wherein the medical device is selected from sutures, suture fasteners, surgical mesh, slings, orthopedic pins, adhesion barriers, stents, guided tissue repair/regeneration devices, articular cartilage repair devices, nerve guides, tendon repair devices, atrial septal defect repair devices, pericardial patches, bulking and filling agents, vein valves, bone marrow scaffolds, meniscus regeneration devices, ligament and tendon grafts, ocular cell implants, spinal fusion cages, skin substitutes, dural substitutes, bone graft substitutes, bone dowels, and hemostats. one or more semicrystalline, thermoplastic aliphatic polyesters; and polypropylene in an amount greater than 0% and no more than 6% by weight of the web, wherein the polypropylene is present in the form of aggregates which are evenly distributed throughout the core of the fiber; wherein the fibers exhibit molecular orientation and extend substantially endlessly through the web, and further wherein the web has at least one dimension in the plane of the web which decreases by no greater than 10% when the web is heated to a temperature above a glass transition temperature of the fibers; wherein the article is selected from the group consisting of a a wound contact material, a surgical drape, a surgical equipment isolation drape, a surgical gown, a medical gown, a sterilization wrap, a wound dressing article, a medical drape, a diaper, training pants, an adult incontinence product, a feminine hygiene product, a surgical apron, a medical apron, a surgical dressing, a dental hygiene article, and a medical device, wherein the medical device is selected from sutures, suture fasteners, surgical mesh, slings, orthopedic pins, adhesion barriers, stents, guided tissue repair/regeneration devices, articular cartilage repair devices, nerve guides, tendon repair devices, atrial septal defect repair devices, pericardial patches, bulking and filling agents, vein valves, bone marrow scaffolds, meniscus regeneration devices, ligament and tendon grafts, ocular cell implants, spinal fusion cages, skin substitutes, dural substitutes, bone graft substitutes, bone dowels, and hemostats.