How Likely Will Potentially Deadly Risks from Rhinoplasty Occur?

The consent process involves detailed consents discussing many risks of the procedure, some of which have never occurred.  Overall, rhinoplasty is considered a safe operation with the main challenges being in creating a natural and harmonious functional nose.  Death is extremely uncommon.

Tigerfar,
There is no increased risk of death with rhinoplasty. It sounds like the consent you signed is just trying to cover them for every possiblity - no matter how small. Kind of like when you see a commercial for a new medication and they list all these crazy "possible side effect." Just make sure you are in competent hands. Good luck with your surgery.

The most common risks of rhinoplasty include residual defect, incomplete correction, asymmetry and the need for additional operations.
More remote risks include wound healing problems, bleeding
Even more remote risks include infection (sepsis, meningitis)
The risk of TSS comes from the packing. Extremely unusual.
Meningitis would require a tear in the layer protecting your brain and an undrained infection. Both very unusual.
It sounds like your surgeon is being complete which is fantastic. You should direct these questions to her or him as each provider's PERSONAL complication rate with the procedure being performed is critical.
I hope this helps!