A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 5-day history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain. He is afebrile and hemodynamically normal. His abdominal examination reveals left lower quadrant tenderness. There is no diffuse abdominal pain. Computed tomography (CT) results are shown below.
The most appropriate treatment at this time is
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