My son has just turned 15 years of age.  He has congenital kyphosis
(rounded back).  His T-11 and T-12 thoracic vertebre are wedged shape.
 The front of those two vertebre is shorter than the back of those two
vertebre which accounts for the rounded back above his T-11 and T-12.
His orthopedic specialist says he has "mild and incomplete
Scheuermannn's disease."  His kyphosis is 65 degrees. Othopedic
specialist generally put a back brace on children with kyphosis if
they have not yet reached "skeletal maturity" to correct the curvature
of the spine as they grow.  If the children have reached "skeletal
maturity" the specialists normally say it is too late for the brace to
correct the curvature of the spine.  However, my son's specialist has
said that there have been reported cases of successful bracing even
when the brace has been put on the child within one year AFTER
reaching skeletal maturity.  My son may have already reached skeletal
maturity.  At http://www.ortho-u.net/o11/51.htm it does say that
"unlike Scoliosis, bracing after skeletal maturity may be effective,
and permanent correction can be obtained", but no explanation or case
studies are given.  Question:  Can you please find me one or more
articles that discuss sucessful treatment of kyphosis by beginning
bracing AFTER skeletal maturity has already been reached?  P.S. It
would be wonderful if I could get an answer by this evening.  Thank
you.

Here are some articles about the use of bracing in adults with
Scheurermanns kyphosis:

http://www.umm.edu/spinecenter/education/scheuermanns_kyphosis.html
http://www.srs.org/htm/manuals/section12.pdf
http://www.umm.edu/spinecenter/education/adult_kyphosis.html