Removing the stems back to the old cuts isn't necessarily topping. As long as the cuts are nodal, there should be sprouting growth in the spring and the tree may be able to compartmentalize with the energy produced by the vigorous sprouts. Silver maples are notoriously bad compartmentalizers, so...
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