Can it prevent stretch on some axillary growth? Does it retain similar Canopy area? if not, how much less? The size of canopy is directly related to how much growth you have.
This all all you need to consider with this particular context.
If you can bend a leaf or tie it over to side and prevent stretch of lower growth, do that before cutting anything off.
Maybe, that leaf up top, but don't remove all leaves from any one node, either.